2021-03-12 – 2021-03-13 · Myrtle Beach, SC · 📍 Pirateland Family Camping Resort · State championship
Reps: ALAN ROTHROCK, DOUG REID
Grand Champion: Smokin Skullies (699.9428) · 39 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Heavy Smoke BBQ
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 80% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1544 points — closer than 80% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100
SMOKIN SKULLIES came in rated below the field's top team, MUTTLEY CREW BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 3–4: Fu Man Que and POKE N SMOKE tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN and ELITE BBQ SMOKERS tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: ELITE BBQ SMOKERS and HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SMOKIN SKULLIES took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 14th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 175.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.5716 | 173.1316 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 174.8456 | 173.1084 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 174.2628 | 171.9656 |
39 entries · top 699.9428 · median 674.1484
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 2 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 3 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 4 | Smoke Central BBQ | |
| 5 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 6 | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | |
| 7 | BALD HAWG BBQ | |
| 8 | HawgWash BBQ. | |
| 9 | ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ | |
| 10 | CBF Que | |
| 11 | LC BBQ | |
| 12 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 13 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 14 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 15 | POKE N SMOKE | |
| 16 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 17 | JL Smokers | |
| 18 | THE HOG MAFIA | |
| 19 | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | |
| 20 | FALLOUT BBQ | |
| 21 | HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC | |
| 22 | PIG ON FIRE | |
| 23 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 24 | MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ | |
| 25 | REDMULE'S BBQ | |
| 26 | Fu Man Que | |
| 27 | CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE | |
| 28 | SmoKing Aces BBQ - NC | |
| 29 | Swine-O's | |
| 30 | Big Bear's BBQ | |
| 31 | SMOKEN SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 32 | BUD WISER'S BBQ | |
| 33 | SMOKING STUDS BBQ | |
| 34 | BACKDRAFT BBQ SC | |
| 35 | Bangin' BBQ | |
| 36 | Slappeez Bar-B -Q crew | |
| 37 | BBQ HIGH LIFE | |
| 38 | Swine-O’s | |
| 39 | Spencer Mountain Smokers |
39 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8344 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 2 | CBF Que | |
| 3 | Fu Man Que | |
| 4 | POKE N SMOKE | |
| 5 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 6 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 7 | HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC | |
| 8 | HawgWash BBQ. | |
| 9 | LC BBQ | |
| 10 | Smoke Central BBQ | |
| 11 | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | |
| 12 | CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE | |
| 13 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 14 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 15 | BUD WISER'S BBQ | |
| 16 | BALD HAWG BBQ | |
| 17 | MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ | |
| 18 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 19 | JL Smokers | |
| 20 | BACKDRAFT BBQ SC | |
| 21 | ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ | |
| 22 | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | |
| 23 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 24 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 25 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 26 | SMOKING STUDS BBQ | |
| 27 | SmoKing Aces BBQ - NC | |
| 28 | FALLOUT BBQ | |
| 29 | THE HOG MAFIA | |
| 30 | REDMULE'S BBQ | |
| 31 | Swine-O's | |
| 32 | BBQ HIGH LIFE | |
| 33 | SMOKEN SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 34 | Big Bear's BBQ | |
| 35 | PIG ON FIRE | |
| 36 | Bangin' BBQ | |
| 37 | Slappeez Bar-B -Q crew | |
| 38 | Spencer Mountain Smokers | |
| 39 | Swine-O’s |
39 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 2 | REDMULE'S BBQ | |
| 3 | CBF Que | |
| 4 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 5 | LC BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 7 | PIG ON FIRE | |
| 8 | ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ | |
| 9 | Smoke Central BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKING STUDS BBQ | |
| 11 | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | |
| 12 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 13 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 14 | FALLOUT BBQ | |
| 15 | BALD HAWG BBQ | |
| 16 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 17 | THE HOG MAFIA | |
| 18 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 19 | HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC | |
| 20 | JL Smokers | |
| 21 | HawgWash BBQ. | |
| 22 | Slappeez Bar-B -Q crew | |
| 23 | SmoKing Aces BBQ - NC | |
| 24 | Fu Man Que | |
| 25 | MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ | |
| 26 | CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE | |
| 27 | POKE N SMOKE | |
| 28 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 29 | BBQ HIGH LIFE | |
| 30 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 31 | SMOKEN SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 32 | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | |
| 33 | Bangin' BBQ | |
| 34 | Big Bear's BBQ | |
| 35 | Swine-O's | |
| 36 | BACKDRAFT BBQ SC | |
| 37 | BUD WISER'S BBQ | |
| 38 | Spencer Mountain Smokers | |
| 39 | Swine-O’s |
39 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIG ON FIRE | |
| 2 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 3 | HawgWash BBQ. | |
| 4 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 5 | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 7 | JL Smokers | |
| 8 | BALD HAWG BBQ | |
| 9 | Smoke Central BBQ | |
| 10 | POKE N SMOKE | |
| 11 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 12 | ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ | |
| 13 | THE HOG MAFIA | |
| 14 | Swine-O's | |
| 15 | FALLOUT BBQ | |
| 16 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 17 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 18 | MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ | |
| 19 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 20 | REDMULE'S BBQ | |
| 21 | Fu Man Que | |
| 22 | BACKDRAFT BBQ SC | |
| 23 | CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE | |
| 24 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 25 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 26 | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | |
| 27 | LC BBQ | |
| 28 | Big Bear's BBQ | |
| 29 | SMOKING STUDS BBQ | |
| 30 | SmoKing Aces BBQ - NC | |
| 31 | BUD WISER'S BBQ | |
| 32 | HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC | |
| 33 | CBF Que | |
| 34 | Bangin' BBQ | |
| 35 | BBQ HIGH LIFE | |
| 36 | SMOKEN SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 37 | Swine-O’s | |
| 38 | Slappeez Bar-B -Q crew | |
| 39 | Spencer Mountain Smokers |
39 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
| 2 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 3 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 4 | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | |
| 5 | ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ | |
| 6 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 7 | BALD HAWG BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKEN SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 9 | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 10 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 11 | Smoke Central BBQ | |
| 12 | HawgWash BBQ. | |
| 13 | SmoKing Aces BBQ - NC | |
| 14 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 15 | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | |
| 16 | CBF Que | |
| 17 | THE HOG MAFIA | |
| 18 | LC BBQ | |
| 19 | JL Smokers | |
| 20 | POKE N SMOKE | |
| 21 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 22 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 23 | Swine-O's | |
| 24 | FALLOUT BBQ | |
| 25 | Big Bear's BBQ | |
| 26 | HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC | |
| 27 | PIG ON FIRE | |
| 28 | MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ | |
| 29 | CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE | |
| 30 | Bangin' BBQ | |
| 31 | REDMULE'S BBQ | |
| 32 | BUD WISER'S BBQ | |
| 33 | Fu Man Que | |
| 34 | Slappeez Bar-B -Q crew | |
| 35 | Swine-O’s | |
| 36 | BACKDRAFT BBQ SC | |
| 37 | SMOKING STUDS BBQ | |
| 38 | Spencer Mountain Smokers | |
| 39 | BBQ HIGH LIFE |